Since the announcement of the International Football Federation “FIFA“Last August, an interim council was appointed to resolve the crisis of the Tunisian Football Federation, headed by Kamal Idir, the former president of the African Club. Football in Tunisia began to feel its first steps towards rebuilding and regaining its position continentally and Arab-wide, especially after the appointment of… Fawzi Benzarti A new coach for the first team, in the fourth term in the career of the most decorated Arab coach.
The team is looking forward Carthage Eagles To achieve a promising start at the beginning of its journey in the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers, when it hosts the Madagascar national team, today, Thursday, at Rades Stadium, in the first round of Group One.
In the first match under the supervision of coach Faouzi Benzarti, 74 years old, and under the management of the temporary settlement committee in the Football Association, the teammates will be… Youssef Al-Masakni Faced with the inevitability of winning points and topping the group, which also includes the Gambia and Comoros national teams.
Heavy legacy for Benzarti
I witnessed Tunisian football During the past year, it went through one of its most violent crises and the most difficult period in its history, after the fall of the previous board of directors of the union, headed by… The brave and kind Then the interim council, headed by his deputy Wassef Jalil, was dismissed until July 15 after it was proven that serious financial and administrative violations had been committed, which prompted the Tunisian Ministry of Sports to resort to the judiciary, which resulted in Al-Jari being imprisoned and the rest of the union’s council being dismissed.
The interim council of the federation appointed Faouzi Benzarti to coach the Carthage Eagles until June 2026, with his tasks being to lead the team to qualify for the finals. African Cup of Nations Morocco 2025, and the 2026 World Cup finals scheduled to be held in the United States, Mexico and Canada.
- Benzarti leads Tunisia This is the fourth term in his coaching career after 1994, 2010 and 2018, and after a remarkable career in coaching Tunisian and Arab clubs.
- Benzarti achieved a rich record of titles with Tunisian and Moroccan clubs in particular, but he did not achieve any noteworthy accomplishment with the national teams after supervising the training of Tunisia on 3 occasions and Libya on one occasion.
- Today, Benzarti will officially be training Tunisia for the fourth time, with the team qualifying for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations as his first goal, in addition to continuing the journey. African qualifiers Eligible forWorld Cup 2026.
Faouzi Benzarti said that he is well aware of the heavy responsibility entrusted to him in order to lead the Carthage Eagles to restore their prestige in African football.
Benzarti acknowledged in statements to Sky News Arabia that “a great deal of work awaits the national team to return to the forefront and achieve the goals that were agreed upon in the contract that was signed with the Football Association,” adding that the national team is now ready to present a good performance in order to achieve victories, which is the key to success in the journey. 2025 Africa Cup of Nations Qualifiers.
“Throughout my career, I have always preferred good performance that leads to victory. I ask the players to implement an ideal way of playing in order to achieve the three points. Today’s match against Madagascar will not be easy at all, but we are determined to achieve a promising start to lead the group. Our ambitions are greater than just qualifying for the finals, but rather to play an active role in the next edition of the “CAN 2025″,” Benzarti added.
Regarding his first match in his fourth experience with his national team, Benzarti said, “The first match will certainly be special, but I know most of the players and there are several elements that I have previously trained. I know the Tunisian national team as I know all the clubs that I have trained. We are working to return the national team to the forefront after the recent difficult period. The responsibility is collective, and the clubs will also have a remarkable role in achieving our goals.”
And failed Tunisia national team In achieving good results in the last edition of the African Cup of Nations hosted by Côte d’Ivoire last January and February, by exiting in the first round after finishing last in the group and failing to achieve any victory in 3 matches, which ended with the dismissal of the technical staff led by Jalal Al-Qadri.
Faouzi Benzarti invited 26 players to play against Madagascar today, Thursday, and then against Gambia on the 8th of this month, led by the Eagles’ stars Youssef Msakni and Ferjani Sassi, in addition to the presence of Yassine Meriah, Seifeddine Jaziri, Issa Al-Aidouni, Nader Al-Ghandri, and others.
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In addition, the Carthage Eagles were eliminated from the semi-finals of the New Administrative Capital tournament, which was hosted by… Egypt Last April, he also drew 0-0 with Namibia in the qualifiers. World Cup 2026Which in turn ended with the dismissal of coaches Montasser Al-Wahishi and Anis Al-Busaidi from their positions before appointing Fawzi Benzarti and his assistants Qais Al-Yaqoubi and Othman Al-Najjar.
The Tunisian national team holds a record as the team with the most consecutive appearances in the African Cup of Nations, having not been absent from the finals for 16 consecutive editions, from 1994 until the last edition in 2024.
Tunisia achieved its best results in 2004 when it hosted the finals and won the title after defeating Morocco In the final (2-1).
The Tunisian national team aspires to qualify for the African Nations Cup for the seventeenth consecutive time and support its continental record, when it faces Madagascar, Gambia and Comoros in both home and away matches in order to come in first or second place.
The 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers will see the participation of 48 teams distributed into 12 groups, with the first and second place teams from each group qualifying for the finals scheduled to be held in Morocco between December 21, 2025 and January 18, 2026.